Capri Theatre to sell all movie posters accumulated over 27 year history

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Just one more day, and Alabama film buffs can geek out over the more than 1,000 movie posters Montgomery's Capri Theatre will put on sale this weekend.

On Saturday, the theater will sell the posters it has accumulated over the last 27 years it
has shown movies in Montgomery since 1983.

Theater director Martin McCaffery might feel obliged to take them all home with him, that is, if he had any room at all to fit the art.

Art
is precisely what film fanatics consider movie posters. The best ones
let us re-experience our favorite films with just a single glimpse at
this mere physical representation that certainly coincide with that new
popular term "nostalgia porn."

Most of what you'll find will be independent and foreign releases, given the nature of the Capri as an art house enterprise.

"I
like to say that we're the first in the state to show Spike Lee, Ang
Lee and about the only ones to show Mike Leigh," McCaffery says proudly
as he stands among the countless rolled up posters to which he'll bid
farewell after years spent in his film society's building.

You'll
see a considerably wide blend of genres and styles, mostly consisting
of independent and foreign releases that screened at the theater.

"Ones
that will go best will be ones that people remember fondly, the British
ones with lots of costumes," McCaffery said, listing off other films
he's seen in and out of the theater. "The movies that we've shown over
the years that may or may not have been well-attended but have since
become classics like early John Woo movies.

"Some will be valuable, and some will be good for wrapping paper."

Proceeds from the sale will go to the Capri Theatre Building Fund to
help pay down the loan used to purchase the building last year.

A selection of the
posters will be put up for silent auction, but most of them will be on
sale for $5 each or three for $12. There will also be other mainstream
posters available for sale that the theater did not screen.

During
the sale, which lasts from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., the Capri will show
various trailers from the films they screened over the last 27 years.